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A painting can be out of copyright and thephotograph of it can still be protected.

Museums publish two different things about the same artwork: whether the work is in copyright, and whether their picture of it is. OpenPlate reads both, does the arithmetic on the published term, and shows you the sentence behind every point of the score.

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    414 ms. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Collection API (Open Access)

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    371 ms. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Open Access API

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Results for "Behind the Scenes"12 records

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Scenes from the Life of the Virgin by an unrecorded maker, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Scenes from the Life of the Virgin

Unrecorded maker

ca. 1490–1510 · Wool warp, wool, silk, and metallic wefts

Cleared · Public Domain

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Scenes from the Life of Buddha by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Scenes from the Life of Buddha

Unrecorded maker

100s CE · Sculpture, schist

Cleared · CC0

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A wild-haired, robed woman rushing to the right, seen from behind by Cornelis Saftleven, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

A wild-haired, robed woman rushing to the right, seen from behind

Cornelis Saftleven (d. 1681)

1631 · Black chalk, with touches of oiled black chalk

Cleared · Public Domain

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Festival Scenes by an unrecorded maker, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Festival Scenes

Unrecorded maker

1615–99 · Painting, pair of six-panel folding screens; ink, color, gold, and gold leaf on paper

Cleared · CC0

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The Fashion Behind but not Behind the Fashion: 1829–T'is Thus to Follow the Mode by William Heath ('Paul Pry'), The Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Fashion Behind but not Behind the Fashion: 1829–T'is Thus to Follow the Mode

William Heath ('Paul Pry') (d. 1840)

May 1829 · Hand-colored etching

Cleared · Public Domain

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Book-Shaped Reliquary by The Master of the Registrum Gregorii, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Book-Shaped Reliquary

The Master of the Registrum Gregorii (d. 1000)

c. 1000 · Metalwork, ivory, silver: gilded, pearls, rubies, emeralds, crystals, onyx, carnelian, oak

Cleared · CC0

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Behind the Arras

Ethel Reed (d. 1900)

1895 · Lithograph

In copyright

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Lovers and beloveds: A composite of scenes from Persian, Urdu, and Sanskrit literature by Chitarman II, The Cleveland Museum of Art

Lovers and beloveds: A composite of scenes from Persian, Urdu, and Sanskrit literature

Chitarman II (d. 1750)

c. 1735 · Painting, Gum tempera and gold on paper

Cleared · CC0

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Dans les coulisses

Robert Demachy (d. 1936)

ca. 1897 · Gum bichromate print

In copyright

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A Storm Behind the Isle of Wight by Julius Caesar Ibbetson, The Cleveland Museum of Art

A Storm Behind the Isle of Wight

Julius Caesar Ibbetson (d. 1817)

c.179(?) · Painting, oil on canvas

Cleared · CC0

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No open reproduction

The institution withholds the image for this record, which is itself the answer: the picture on their page is not theirs to give away.

Behind the Scenes (Backstage), from the portfolio ¦The Fair¦

Max Beckmann (d. 1950)

1921, published 1922 · Drypoint

In copyright

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The Passion:  The Cross Bearing by Master of the Banderoles, The Cleveland Museum of Art

The Passion: The Cross Bearing

Master of the Banderoles

c. 1450–75 · Print, engraving with traces of hand coloring

Cleared · CC0

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